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sooo, i’m still seeing this word “beg” pop up all over the place and i’m still chewing on it…i’m trying to fully understand it and to find what all i need to be begging for…to find why it is that i don’g beg God, for anything really…and so i’m reading this morning…finishing up john 4 and i don’t even get 10 verses past what we looked at the other day…and there it is again…someone is begging Jesus and He is doing what it is they begged Him to do…check it out…verses 46-51 of john 4…

As He traveled through Galilee, He came to Cana, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a government offficial in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galileee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die. Jesus asked, “Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?” The official pleaded, “Lord, please come now before my little boy dies.” Then Jesus told him, “Go back home. Your son will live!” And the man believed what Jesus said and started home. While man was on his way, some of his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well.

sooo, this father goes to where Jesus was and begged Him for healing that he knew Jesus alone could bring…he didn’t just try once and give up either…he begged a second time, and even with a little more urgancy than the first time…he was desperately seeking healing for his son…he wanted it more than anything else…he was specific with Jesus…he wasn’t concerned with Jesus really coming to his house or with the healing being a miraculous sign…he didn’t want his son to die…

sooo what i’m challenged with today is how persistant i am with my prayer…how specific…and i’m still dealing with the idea of desperately seeking…i look at life right now and think…so the lives of my family members who have no relationship with Christ, they aren’t worth begging God for??? my daughter’s health and not having the dreaded genetic kidney disease that her mommy has, isn’t worth begging God for??? the healing that my brothers and sisters in Christ need, whether it be physical, emotional, spiritual, isn’t worth begging God for???

why don’t i beg??? i mean really beg…persistantly…specifically??? are these things not that important???

do you beg??? i mean really beg…persistantly…specifically???

he went and begged Jesus…

sooo, God is really working on me right now…or as i frequently say, He’s slapping me around…it’s been coming for about three weeks and hasn’t all come at once, but at different times and from different directions…but i’m still trying to figure out what God is trying to tell me at the core of it all…sooo, you’ll have to hang with me as i spew out what all is going on inside and maybe it will help me make more sense of it all???

i was apart of this service a while back…you can read about it here…and i saw God really move among the people there that night…it was something that i just don’t see every week as i prepare and go through the service…and i was really challenged with my part in the whole thing…does God not move, because i really don’t ask Him to???

then this past weekend i was at my end, or at least that is how i felt…you can read about that here…but in being at my end, i was at God’s mercy…i was in need of Him to take complete control…i was completely relying on Him to get me through…and He did…

today i read about God bringing physical healing in lives through alece’s post…these people knew of their need and knew there was only One who could bring that healing…so they went to Him and asked Him to bring healing…so He did…

and this week i have been studying through john 4…i asked God to show me something new and fresh from His Word…and He did…i was really challenged with verses 39-40 of john 4…

“many samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything i ever did.” when they came out to see Him they begged Him to stay in their village. so He stayed for two days.” (NLT)

i know it’s two verses that don’t seem so great on the surface…but read them again…

“many samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything i ever did.” when they came out to see Him they begged Him to stay in their village. so He stayed for two days.” (NLT)

these people now believed…then they went where Jesus was…and they BEGGED Him to stay among them…and He did…

He was on a journey…He had plans…but these people knew their need…they had been outside the lines when it came to spiritual matters…and now that they had Jesus with them, the only One Who could meet their need…in their very presence…what did they do??? they begged him to stay…what did He do??? He stayed with them…

sooo, what i’ve really been working through…why don’t i beg God to do things that He alone can do??? i can plan services that bring excitement and praise from those in attendance…but i can’t change hearts and lives…i can’t bring healing to marriages…i can’t restore relationships…i can’t bring freedom from addictions…i can’t do any of that…only God can do that…but if i never ask Him to, or if i ask half heartedly…

what is it that i need to beg God for??? what is it that you need to beg God for???

they begged Him…so He stayed…

sooo, this past weekend something HUGE occurred in the mckanna household…i mean this has been long awaited and anticipated…it has been prayed for…and finally it has occurred!!! but there is this debate on when it actually occurred and i may need a little help with the decision…

molly started walking on her own!!!

grandpa claims that this all started on 8/22/08 while she was spending the night with her grandparents…i’m not so sure i can trust the information though…he’s claiming it was all due to the teacher…when i picked her up on 8/23/08 i must admit, i couldn’t believe what i was seeing…molly was all over there house…not the most graceful, but effective none the less…

the problem is…mommy was gone at a conference until sunday night…mommy got to see molly at the funeral home on 8/24/08(while we were there for a viewing for her aunt pat)…there was quite the display…and since i’m not the best of writer’s…i will let you experience what happened, through the writings of a very gifted friend…to keep her from blushing, i won’t tell you who it is…but this is what she observed as mommy got to see molly…

She walked in the funeral home. It had been a long day. No, it had been a long weekend. God had changed the itinerary and she had just gotten home from a long drive and a conference that she needed for a class. Once again, a demand on her body and emotions. But, what should her wandering eyes would appear……a bright eyed, giggling, toddler nearly running to see Mama! The rush of emotions……delight in her new-found independence and accomplishing a “feet” she’d been coaxed to practice for months…..and a tug on her heart as she watched her baby take a few wobbly steps into girlhood. Her baby is growing up before her eyes……..and she missed the magical moment. I’ll never forget the look on her face.

Her mama had been gone for the weekend. She was having fun being spoiled by grandmas and grandpas and Dada and all her fans. The attention was exhilarating and she was star of the show. And what a show she was putting on! Rolling, and giggling and chasing after anything. Can’t you understand my jabber? I’m trying to tell you! What’s that you say? Mama’s home? Where? Let me run to her! Wait til she sees what I can do now!
I’ll never forget the look on her face.

sooo, you let me know what you think…when did she officially start walking 8/22/08…8/23/08…8/24/08…?

and thank you to the anonymous author for the great word picture…i’m still hoping to see your personal blog…or book…!

“the look on her face…”